{"product_id":"the-persian-expedition-paperback","title":"The Persian Expedition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eXenophon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRex Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Cawkwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXenophon\u003c\/b\u003e was an Athenian country gentleman born about 430 BC. He may have helped to publish Thucydides' \u003cb\u003eHistory\u003c\/b\u003e, and certainly wrote his own \u003cb\u003eHellenica\u003c\/b\u003e as a continuation of it. By his own (probably reliable) account he was a fine officer and outstanding leader, but his admiration for Sparta and devotion to Socrates, among other causes, led to his banishment. He was given an estate at Scillus and settled down to enjoy the life of a landed aristocrat, and it was during this period that he began to write histories, biographies, memoirs and specialist treatises. The defeat of Sparta in 371 forced him to move to Corinth where he probably lived for the rest of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRex Warner\u003c\/b\u003e was a Professor of the University of Connecticut from 1964 until his retirement in He was born in 1905 and went to Wadham College, Oxford, where he gained a 'first' in Classical Moderations, and took a degree in English Literature. He taught in Egypt and England, and was Director of the British Institute, Athens, from 1945 to 1947. He has written poems, novels and critical essays, has worked on films and broadcasting, and has translated many works, of which Xenophon's \u003cb\u003eHistory of My Time\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Persian Expedition\u003c\/b\u003e, Thucydides' \u003cb\u003eThe Peloponnesian War\u003c\/b\u003e, and Plutarch's \u003cb\u003eLives\u003c\/b\u003e (under the title \u003cb\u003eFall of the Roman Republic\u003c\/b\u003e) and \u003cb\u003eMoral Essays\u003c\/b\u003e have been published in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Cawkwell\u003c\/b\u003e is a Fellow and Praelector in Ancient History of University College, Oxford. He has specialized in the history of the fourth century B.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 7.78 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 1950\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753840050464,"sku":"9780140440072","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2fcaa1a70447b96f25f50a4801fe3664.webp?v=1780028205","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-persian-expedition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}